It would, he thought, be best to see the priest first.

Let him look at his task which way he would, he found that every part of it was bad.

An interview with Father Marty would be very bad, for he must declare his intentions in such a way that no doubt respecting them must be left on the priest's mind.

He would speak only to three persons;--but to all those three he must now tell the certain truth.

There were causes at work which made it impossible that Kate O'Hara should become Countess of Scroope.